Improvement in calkers  malletv



PATENT QEEICEI SAMUEL SEARLES, OF WILMINGTON, DELAWARE.l i

IMPROVEMENT IN CVALKYERS MALLET,

`Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 160,562, dated March 8, 1870.

T0 all 'iv/wm it may concern.'

Be it known that I, SAMUEL G. SEARLEs, of Wilmington, in thecounty of New Castle and State of Delaware, have invented a new and Improved Oalkers Mallet; and I do hereby Vdeclare that the following is a full, clear, and

exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 is aside view of the improved mallet. Fig. 2 is a section through the mallet. Fig. 3 is aside view of the sockethead.

4Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the several figures.

The object of this vinvention is to improve a calkers mallet by fitting its wooden stocks into a metallic socket-head, through which the handle is passed,lin such manner that either one or both of said stocks or striking portions can be'readily detached from their head at pleasure, thereby allowingl a stock to be removed when crushed or worn out, and a new stock substituted in its place, as will be heret inafter explained. y

To enable others skilled in the art to understand my invention, I will explain its con struction and operation. d

In i the accompanying drawing, A represents .the metallic head ot' the instrument, through which is passed the handle D, andinto which the stocks or striking portions B B are secured. This head may be `made of cast or wrought metal. It is constructedl with a socket, a, in each end, of suitable diameter and depth, and slightly tlaring, as shown in- Fig. 2. Between the closed ends of the sockets a a there is a hole diametrically through the head A, intowhich the wooden handle D is t fitted.

Each one of the wooden stocks B is slightly tapered so. as to tit tightly into its socket a when tirmlydr'iven therein, and pins or screws' b b tapped through the head A are employed to confine such head in place.

B y combining the screw-fastening with the wedg'ingsockets, I am enabled to use long wooden stocks and a short metal'socket-head, and still retain such stocks in place as securely asnecessary, while, at the same time, by loosening the screws or pins, the worn stocks can be very readily withdrawn, as they extend but a short distance into the socket' head. 4 1

i The ends of' the stocks may be'shod with metal bands O, as shown in Figs. l and 2.

It will be seen from the above description that I have made provision for the renewal ot' either one of the stocks B B when the old stocks are so much worn or injured as to render their renewal necessary.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The calkers mallet herein described, consisting of the metal socket-head A a, screws or pins b b, stocks B B, and handle D, constructed and applied as and for the purpose set forth. e I

Wilmington, Delaware, January 25, 1870.

SAMUEL O. SEARLES.. 

